Canadian Agricultural Policy: The Historical Pattern: 202 (Heritage) - Softcover

Fowke, Vernon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802063527 ISBN 13: 9780802063526

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1978

Synopsis

First published in 1946, this historical analysis of Canadian agricultural policy from 1600 to 1930 tests the assumption that agriculture has been Canada's basic industry, central in the economic and political life of the nation. Professor Fowke demonstrates that agricultural interests have always been secondary in shaping agricultural policy. Government attitudes have been influenced less by economic and political agrarian pressures than by such considerations as defence of empire, provisioning of the staple trades, and later the investment opportunities offered to industry, commerce, and finance by an expanding agricultural frontier.

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About the Author

Vernon C. Fowke (1907-1966) was for many years Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802063527
• ISBN 13: 9780802063526
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318